Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

From: Rich Salz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

rsalz> > I would have much
rsalz> > prefered if the whole __declspec() business could be magically taken
rsalz> > away, but it doesn't look like a possibility...
rsalz> 
rsalz> I don't think that's possible -- you don't normally get magic #define's
rsalz> turned on for DLL vs static, e.g.
rsalz> 
rsalz> On the other hand, I'd like to see it like this:
rsalz> #ifdef OPENSSL_STATIC_LIB
rsalz> #define OPENSSL_EXTERN extern
rsalz> #endif
rsalz> #ifndef OPENSSL_EXTERN
rsalz> #define OPENSSL_EXTERN OPENSSL_IMPORT
rsalz> #endif
rsalz> 
rsalz> That would let folks define OPENSSL_EXTERN via -D (or /D or /def) flags

That's a good idea.  Thanks.

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